University of Nottingham Coat of Arms - St Peter - Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
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University of Nottingham coat of arms in the William Crane window in St Peter's church, Nottingham.
Waymark Code: WMX27W
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/16/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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University of Nottingham coat of arms in the William Crane window in St Peter's church, Nottingham.

The arms were officially granted on April 15, 1948.

"The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, United Kingdom. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a Royal Charter in 1948.

Nottingham's main campus (University Park) and teaching hospital (Queen's Medical Centre) are on the outskirts of the City of Nottingham, with a number of smaller campuses and sites elsewhere in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Outside the United Kingdom, the university has campuses in Semenyih, Malaysia and Ningbo, China. Nottingham is organised into five constituent faculties, within which there are more than 50 schools, departments, institutes and research centres. Nottingham has about 44,000 students and 9,000 staff, and had an income of £635 million in 2015/16, of which £124.6 million was from research grants and contracts.

The 2017 High Fliers survey stated Nottingham was the seventh most targeted university by the UK's top employers between 2016-17. In 2012, Nottingham was ranked 13th in the world in terms of the number of alumni listed among CEOs of the Fortune Global 500. It is also ranked 2nd (joint with Oxford) in the 2012 Summer Olympics table of British medal winners. Moreover, in 2015, Nottingham was listed as the 9th largest European producer of entrepreneurs, according to a private report. In the 2011 and 2014 GreenMetric World University Rankings, University Park was ranked as the world's most sustainable campus. The institution's alumni have been awarded a variety of prestigious accolades, including 3 Nobel Prizes, a Turner Prize, and a Gabor Medal and Prize.

The university is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Virgo Consortium, the European University Association, the Russell Group, Universities UK, Universitas 21, and participates in the Sutton Trust Summer School programme, as a member of the Sutton 30."

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Bearer of Coat of Arms: University / College

Full name of the bearer: University of Nottingham

Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?:
William Crane Window east end of north aisle, St Peter's church, Nottingham


Material / Design: Glass (painted / stained)

Blazon (heraldic description):
Barry wavy of six argent and azure, a cross moline gules; on a chief of the last an open book proper clasped Or inscribed with the words 'Quarente Ostium', in Roman characters sable between two domed towers also proper, that to the dexter ensigned with an increscent of the first and that to the sinister with an estoile, also Or.


Address:
St Peter's Church St Peter's Gate Nottingham, Nottinghamshire England NG1 2NW


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